Introduction

Use of the Castile and Leon region flag

image by Antonio Gutiérrez, taken with permission from the S.E.V. website, 15 Nov 2005

For many Castilian nationalists like me, the territories which compose Castile are the former regions of New and Old Castile, and Leon – inspired by the Federal Castilian Pact of 1869 and in the late 1970s by people like Claudio Sánchez Albornoz – and the flag of the Crown of Castile – or Castile and Leon flag – is the flag of Castile for us.

Castile flag with purple field

image by Antonio Gutiérrez and Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

However, for all nationalists – not regionalists – the Commoners' purple banner is a Castilian flag too, and purple is considered by us the popular Castilian colour, while crimson or
dark red is the historical Castilian colour. The reason of using this flag as a Castilian flag is that nowadays' nationalists are inspired by the Commoners, and consider the Battle of Villalar day – April 23, when the Commoners were defeated – as the National Day of Castile.

Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

Flag with two castles and a lion

There are other Castilian nationalist flags, like the 'two Castiles and Leon purple flag' which is not frequently used. I saw a very big model of this flag in the Castilian Left booth at Villalar day 2002.